Placental site nodule and characterization of distinctive types of intermediate trophoblast

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 687-694

  Shih, Ie Ming ^b   Seidman, Jeffrey D ^b   Kurman, Robert J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intermediate trophoblast; Ki 67; Mel CAM; Placental site nodule

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; CYTOKERATIN; FIBRONECTIN; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; INHIBIN A; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABELING INDEX; MICROSCOPY; NIDATION; PLACENTA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0033034245     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90095-3     Document Type: Article

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